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Monday’s six o’clock news broadcast on City TV was the last to feature the familiar timbre of Gord Martineau, as one of Toronto’s most familiar news personalities signed off after nearly four decades in the anchor seat.

But as he bid farewell in a Facebook post Monday evening, Martineau hinted that he isn’t done with the world of broadcast news.

“Goodbye Toronto and City Tv. Thank you for letting me into your living rooms and your lives. I will continue to work in broadcasting — stay tuned,” he wrote.

With 39 years under his belt, Martineau covered a colourful array of Canadian news for City, from Terry Fox’s monumental run back in 1980, to the Toronto Blue Jays World Series wins, to Canada’s troops on the front lines in Afghanistan.

“Gord has been a trusted face invited into the homes of our viewers for the past four decades and a leader in the vision of City,” Dave Budge, general manager of CityNews Toronto, said in a news release.

A Montreal native, he “easily adapted to the Toronto environment and became an important part of the community,” Rogers Media said in the release announcing his departure.

Over the years, he was recognized with a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, a Gemini for Canada’s best news anchor, a Gemini Humanitarian Award and a lifetime achievement award from RTDNA Canada, an organization of electronic journalists. He was also lauded for his work with the Herbie Fund, a foundation in support of SickKids Hospital.

Paying homage to the veteran newscaster, CityNews announced it would broadcast some of Martineau’s greatest moments, including “ground-breaking interviews,” and “heartfelt moments” from his four-decade career, throughout the week.

Clarification - March 2, 2016: This article was edited from a previous version that said Gord Martineau opened his career with City back in 1977. The previous version did not make clear that he began his career with City as anchor in 1977. Prior to that, he worked in various roles in radio and TV news in Halifax, Montreal and Toronto, including as weekend anchor at CFCF-TV in Montreal.

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